::: WORLD MIRRORS :::
The internet version
of every country.
USDC is the internet version of the dollar. The dollar didn't go away; it gained a new substrate. Every nation-state has the same option. A network-state mirror that lives on top of it, that does not replace it, that recruits its citizens by choice instead of by birth.
For each country, we identify the existing special economic zones, the candidate founders, the city sites, and the moral reason a mirror is plausible right now. 31 of 195 mapped. The list is open.
31
MIRRORS MAPPED
164
TO GO
195
UN NATION-STATES
Honduras
Próspera Republic
“Common law, charter cities, opt-in jurisdiction.”
SEZ: ZEDE Próspera (Roatán)
FOUNDER: Erick Brimen (CEO, Próspera)
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El Salvador
Bitcoin Beach Republic
“Bitcoin is legal tender. Citizens compound in sats.”
SEZ: Bitcoin City (planned)
FOUNDER: Nayib Bukele (President)
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United Arab Emirates
Dubai Internet City State
“Builders welcome, taxes low, ambition high.”
SEZ: DIFC
FOUNDER: Sheikh Saud (RAK DAO)
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Estonia
e-Stonia
“All government services are an API call.”
SEZ: e-Residency program (digital SEZ)
FOUNDER: Kaspar Korjus (ex-CEO e-Residency)
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Singapore
The Compounders' Republic
“Calm, compounding, infrastructure that just works.”
SEZ: Tuas FTZ
FOUNDER: Naval Ravikant
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Malaysia
Forest City Republic
“The classroom is a campus, the campus is a country.”
SEZ: Iskandar Malaysia
FOUNDER: Balaji Srinivasan (Network School)
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Switzerland
Crypto Valley Confederation
“Direct democracy. Sound money. Discretion.”
SEZ: Crypto Valley Zug
FOUNDER: Mathias Ruch (CV Labs)
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Liechtenstein
Microcrypto State
“Small enough to upgrade overnight.”
SEZ: Liechtenstein Token Container Model
FOUNDER: Hereditary Prince Alois
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Portugal
Lisbon Republic
“Geographic arbitrage as a national policy.”
SEZ: Madeira IBC (International Business Center)
FOUNDER: Pieter Levels
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Argentina
BitcoinAires
“Hyperinflation is a feature, not a bug.”
SEZ: Tierra del Fuego ZF
FOUNDER: Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (Ledn)
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Japan
Nippon Net
“Order, craft, attention to the smallest part.”
SEZ: Fukuoka Special Zone for Global Startups
FOUNDER: Yuki Yokota (Niigata Web3)
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South Korea
K-Net
“Cultural export as economic policy.”
SEZ: Busan Blockchain Regulation-Free Zone
FOUNDER: Do Kwon (post-rehab)
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United Kingdom
Albion Online
“Common law as protocol.”
SEZ: Investment Zones (Tees Valley, Liverpool)
FOUNDER: Dominic Cummings
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Canada
Founders Republic
“Every citizen is a founder of something.”
SEZ: Free Trade Zones (CFTZ-PA)
FOUNDER: Tobi Lütke (Shopify)
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United States
United States of Interneta
“America was the startup. Interneta is the sequel.”
SEZ: Wyoming DAO LLC
FOUNDER: Balaji Srinivasan
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Thailand
Chiang Mai Republic
“Slow days, fast wifi, low cost.”
SEZ: Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC)
FOUNDER: Pieter Levels
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Indonesia
Bali Republic
“Tropical defaults, global ambitions.”
SEZ: Nusa Dua KEK
FOUNDER: Pieter Levels
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Vietnam
Saigon Sprint
“Hustle, in tropical sun, with great coffee.”
SEZ: Phú Quốc SEZ (proposed)
FOUNDER: Hung Tran (Coin68)
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India
Bharat Online
“A billion citizens, a billion small republics.”
SEZ: GIFT City (Gujarat)
FOUNDER: Nandan Nilekani (Aadhaar architect)
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Malta
Blockchain Island
“First to license, first to host.”
SEZ: Malta Free Zone
FOUNDER: Joseph Muscat (former PM)
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Panama
Crossroads Republic
“The link between hemispheres.”
SEZ: Panama Pacifico SEZ
FOUNDER: Mark Salame (PMA)
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Georgia (Caucasus)
Tbilisi Republic
“Open visa, easy banking, mountain views.”
SEZ: Tbilisi FIZ
FOUNDER: Ucha Vekua (Georgia Innovation Authority)
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Kenya
Silicon Savannah
“Mobile money was first. Network statehood is next.”
SEZ: Konza Technopolis
FOUNDER: Bitange Ndemo (ex-PS ICT)
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Nigeria
Itana
“Africa's first digital free zone.”
SEZ: Itana
FOUNDER: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Itana, Future Africa)
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Ghana
Afropolitan Republic
“Diaspora returns. Diaspora builds.”
SEZ: Tema Free Zone
FOUNDER: Eche Emole (Afropolitan)
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South Africa
Cape Republic
“Two oceans, one mountain, many builders.”
SEZ: Coega IDZ
FOUNDER: Vinny Lingham
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Australia
Down Under DAO
“Sun, surf, sound money, eight time zones from California.”
SEZ: Northern Territory Special Zones
FOUNDER: Jeremy Liew
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New Zealand
Aotearoa Online
“Quietly weird, uniquely far away.”
SEZ: Auckland Airport SEZ
FOUNDER: Peter Thiel (NZ citizen)
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Israel
Startup Nation Online
“Defense-grade engineering, applied to civilian life.”
SEZ: Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Tech Zone
FOUNDER: Dan Senor (Startup Nation)
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Turkey
Bosphorus Republic
“Bridge of continents. Bridge of currencies.”
SEZ: Istanbul Finance Center
FOUNDER: Vitalik Buterin (ZuConnect alum)
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Montenegro
Adriatic Republic
“Where Zuzalu happened, an Archipelago grows.”
SEZ: Porto Montenegro Free Zone
FOUNDER: Vitalik Buterin (Zuzalu)
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::: MAP THE REST :::
164 countries to go.
Know a country? Know its special economic zones? Know who would run its internet mirror? Open a pull request.
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